Floor drain and method for installing a floor drain

Abstract

A floor drain has at least a drain channel, a cover, and a fixing device for the releasable connection of the cover and the drain channel. The fixing device includes a latch connected with the cover and moveable with respect to the cover, and an element connected with the drain channel. The latch is adapted to come into releasable connection with the element connected with the drain channel. There is also described a method for installing and a method for de-installing such a floor drain.

1 . A floor drain, comprising:
 a drain channel;   a cover disposed to cover said drain channel;   a fixing device configured to releasably connect said cover and said drain channel, said fixing device including a latch connected with said cover and moveable with respect to said cover, and a fixing element connected with said drain channel, and   wherein said latch is configured to enter into a releasable connection with said fixing element connected with said drain channel.   
     
     
         2 . The floor drain according to  claim 1 , wherein said cover has an elongate shape and is U-shaped in cross-section, with a top surface and two legs extending substantially vertically from said top surface. 
     
     
         3 . The floor drain according to  claim 1 , wherein said fixing element is an adjusting screw connected with said drain channel, said adjusting screw has a cylindrical portion and a head with a larger diameter than said cylindrical portion. 
     
     
         4 . The floor drain according to  claim 3 , wherein said latch comprises a connecting means adapted for the releasable connection with said adjusting screw. 
     
     
         5 . The floor drain according to  claim 4 , wherein said connecting means is configured for a releasable connection with said cylindrical portion of said adjusting screw. 
     
     
         6 . The floor drain according to  claim 4 , wherein said connecting means is a circular cut-out with a lateral opening in said latch, wherein said latch is resiliently formed in the area of said cut-out and said opening is smaller than a diameter of said cut-out. 
     
     
         7 . The floor drain according to  claim 6 , wherein said cut-out is formed with ramps in the area of said opening. 
     
     
         8 . The floor drain according to  claim 1 , wherein said latch and said cover form at least one linear bearing therebetween. 
     
     
         9 . The floor drain according to  claim 8 , wherein said latch and said cover form two linear bearings between them. 
     
     
         10 . The floor drain according to  claim 8 , wherein said linear bearing comprises a cover-side elongate hole and a latch-side bearing part. 
     
     
         11 . The floor drain according to  claim 1 , wherein said latch is equipped with at least one operating means. 
     
     
         12 . The floor drain according to  claim 11 , wherein said at least one operating means is one of two operating means. 
     
     
         13 . The floor drain according to  claim 11 , wherein said operating means is a portion of said latch protruding from said cover. 
     
     
         14 . The floor drain according to  claim 13 , wherein said operating means protrudes from a leg of said cover. 
     
     
         15 . The floor drain according to  claim 1 , wherein said latch is equipped with an auxiliary mounting means. 
     
     
         16 . The floor drain according to  claim 15 , wherein said auxiliary mounting means comprises two elastic arms each with a free end, and wherein a latch-side bearing part and a wing is attached at each free end of said arms. 
     
     
         17 . A method for installing a floor drain, which method comprises:
 providing a floor drain according to  claim 3 ;   placing the cover on the adjusting screw or screws in the drain channel, wherein the latch is in a first, unfixed state; and   displacing the latch into a fixed state by displacing the one or more operating means toward the adjusting screw.   
     
     
         18 . A method for de-installing a floor drain according to  claim 3 , the method which comprises the following steps:
 displacing the latch into an unfixed state by moving the one or more operating means away from the adjusting screw; and   removing the cover from the adjusting screws or screws out of the drain channel.